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hog-rubber

hog-rubber

English

Noun

hog-rubber (plural hog-rubbers)

  1. (obsolete, pejorative) A yokel, a country bumpkin.
  2. 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.2.ii:
    • naught but his imperfections are in our eyes, he is a base knave, a devil, a monster, caterpillar, a viper, an hog-rubber, etc.